NURSING THE NEEDY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 9

NURSING THE NEEDY.

* ST. JOHN AM-a-DXATrCB _ DOES GOOD WORK 0 o PUBLIC APPRECIATION. 0 „ "There was no dragging of the money 0 out of the people; it was simply a freeu will offering," said the hon secretary of ) the St. John Ambulance (Mr. William > ■ Rattray) concerning the street collecI tion taken up yesterday in aid of the 5 association's fund for carrying on the > work of the district nurses who have been doing such splendid work among the poor. There is no doubt that the » j organisation has the cordial goodwill of > the people. Its work is so obvious that j its claims to public support are unquestioned. No better proof of the estimation in which it is held could be given 1 than the fact that the Auckland Hosr pita! Board makes an annual donation * of £100, being fully satisfied that the work the St. John nurses are doing is a of great value and that it relieves the * board of much work that would otherwise have to.be done by the board. A willing band of workers made an early start yesterday in the city and t' suburbs, and although all the ' boxes * have not yet been received, the very _ handsome sum of £785 has been banked. Ito which must be added the sum of j £220, which was given prior to yester- _ day by way of private donations. The B association had hoped to gather in b . £2500. in order to place the district nursing work in an assured position for * ' the next three years, but the response - of the public yesterday will enable an i, | immense amount of good to be done.